List of federal judges appointed by George H. W. Bush explained

Following is a list of all Article III United States federal judges appointed by President George H. W. Bush during his presidency. All information is derived from the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a public-domain publication of the Federal Judicial Center. In total Bush appointed 193 Article III federal judges, including two Justices to the Supreme Court of the United States, 42 judges to the United States Courts of Appeals, 148 judges to the United States district courts and one judge to the United States Court of International Trade.

Additionally, eight Article I federal judicial appointments are listed, six to the United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims and two to the United States Court of Federal Claims. Other Article I appointments by President Bush are not listed.

Ten of Bush’s appointees remain in active service in the roles to which Bush appointed them: Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, four appeals court judges and five district court judges. One district judge and one appellate judge remain in active service on the Supreme Court by appointment of later presidents.

United States Supreme Court justices

See main article: George H. W. Bush Supreme Court candidates.

See also: Clarence Thomas Supreme Court nomination.

	Justice	Seat	State	Former justice	Nomination date	Confirmation date	Confirmation vote	Began active service	Ended active service	Ended retired service
			New Hampshire				^[1]			Incumbent
			Georgia				^[2]		Incumbent	–

Courts of appeals

	Judge	Circuit	Nomination date	Confirmation date	Confirmation vote	Began active service	Ended active service	Ended senior status
			^[3]					Incumbent
			^[4]		unanimous consent			0–
					unanimous consent
					unanimous consent			Incumbent
					unanimous consent			Incumbent
					voice vote			Elevated
					unanimous consent			Incumbent
			^[5]		unanimous consent			Incumbent
					unanimous consent		Incumbent	0–
					unanimous consent			Incumbent
					unanimous consent			Elevated
					unanimous consent			Elevated
					unanimous consent			0–
					unanimous consent			Incumbent
					unanimous consent		Incumbent	0–
					unanimous consent			Incumbent
					unanimous consent		Incumbent	0–
					unanimous consent			0–
					unanimous consent			Incumbent
					unanimous consent
					unanimous consent
					unanimous consent		Incumbent	0–
					unanimous consent
					unanimous consent			Incumbent
					unanimous consent
					unanimous consent			0–
					unanimous consent			Incumbent
					unanimous consent			Incumbent
					unanimous consent			Incumbent
					unanimous consent			Incumbent
					unanimous consent
					unanimous consent
					unanimous consent			Incumbent
					unanimous consent			Incumbent
					unanimous consent
					unanimous consent
					unanimous consent			Incumbent
					unanimous consent			Incumbent
					unanimous consent			Incumbent
					62–36^[6]			Incumbent
					unanimous consent			Incumbent
					unanimous consent			0–

District courts

	Judge	Court^[7]	Nomination date	Confirmation date	Confirmation vote	Began active service	Ended active service	Ended senior status
		C.D. Cal.	^[8]					–
		S.D. Tex.	^[9]		unanimous consent			Incumbent
		D. Md.	^[10]		unanimous consent
		E.D. Va.			unanimous consent			Incumbent
		N.D. Ill.			unanimous consent
		N.D. Cal.	^[11]		unanimous consent			–
		D. Idaho			unanimous consent			Incumbent
		D. Colo.			unanimous consent			–
		E.D.N.Y.			unanimous consent
		D. Kan.			unanimous consent
		N.D. Ala.			unanimous consent			–
		E.D. Ark. W.D. Ark.			unanimous consent			Incumbent
		E.D. Pa.			unanimous consent			Incumbent
		W.D. Pa.			unanimous consent
					unanimous consent
		S.D.N.Y.			unanimous consent
		D. Colo.			unanimous consent
		D.N.H.			unanimous consent			Elevated
		E.D. Ky.			unanimous consent			Incumbent
		D. Me.			unanimous consent			Incumbent
		D. Or.			unanimous consent			Incumbent
		M.D. Pa.			unanimous consent
		S.D.N.Y.			unanimous consent
		D. Ariz.			unanimous consent			Incumbent
		D. Md.			unanimous consent			Incumbent
		S.D. Tex.			unanimous consent			Incumbent
		D. Mont.			unanimous consent
		D. Alaska			unanimous consent			Incumbent
		S.D. Ala.			unanimous consent
		W.D. Va.			unanimous consent			–
		E.D. Mich.			unanimous consent			Incumbent
		D.S.C.			unanimous consent		Incumbent	–
		N.D.W.Va.			unanimous consent			Incumbent
		S.D. Fla.			unanimous consent			Incumbent
		E.D.N.Y.			unanimous consent			Incumbent
		D.D.C.			unanimous consent			–
		N.D. Tex.			unanimous consent
		D. Vt.			unanimous consent			Elevated
		W.D.N.Y.			unanimous consent			Incumbent
		W.D.N.C.			unanimous consent			Incumbent
		E.D. Mo.			unanimous consent			Incumbent
		S.D. Tex.			unanimous consent			–
		E.D. Cal.			unanimous consent			–
		S.D. Miss.			unanimous consent			Elevated
		E.D. Cal.			unanimous consent			Incumbent
		C.D. Cal.			unanimous consent
		N.D. Cal.			unanimous consent			–
		D.S.C.			unanimous consent			Elevated
		W.D. Okla.			unanimous consent			Incumbent
		E.D. Cal.	^[12]		unanimous consent
		M.D. Ala.			unanimous consent			Incumbent
		D.S.C.			unanimous consent			Incumbent
		S.D. Cal.			unanimous consent			Incumbent
					unanimous consent			Incumbent
		E.D. Wash.			unanimous consent
		N.D. Ala.			unanimous consent			Incumbent
		S.D.N.Y.			unanimous consent			–
		W.D. La.			unanimous consent
		N.D. Cal.			unanimous consent			Incumbent
		W.D. Pa.			unanimous consent			Elevated
		M.D.N.C.			unanimous consent
		E.D.N.Y.			unanimous consent
		M.D. Fla.	^[13]		unanimous consent			–
		M.D. Fla.			unanimous consent			Incumbent
		D. Me.			unanimous consent			–
		W.D. Mo.			unanimous consent			Incumbent
		E.D. Pa.			unanimous consent			Incumbent
		D.N.J.			unanimous consent
		D. Utah			unanimous consent
		E.D. Pa.			unanimous consent
		S.D. Fla.			unanimous consent			Incumbent
		S.D. Fla.			unanimous consent
		D. Or.			unanimous consent
		D. Md.			unanimous consent
		N.D. Tex.			unanimous consent			–
		W.D. La.			unanimous consent			Incumbent
		E.D. Pa.			unanimous consent			Incumbent
		N.D. Cal.			voice vote			–
		W.D. La.			voice vote			Incumbent
		E.D.N.Y.			voice vote			Incumbent
		S.D. Iowa			voice vote			Incumbent
		D. Kan.			voice vote			Incumbent
		N.D. Tex.			voice vote			Incumbent
		N.D. Ill.			unanimous consent			–
		N.D. Fla.			unanimous consent			Incumbent
		N.D. Ohio			unanimous consent
		D. Del.			unanimous consent
		D. Kan.			unanimous consent			Incumbent
		S.D. Miss.			unanimous consent			Incumbent
		E.D. La.			unanimous consent			Elevated
		M.D. Fla.			unanimous consent			Incumbent
		S.D.W.Va.			unanimous consent			Incumbent
		C.D. Ill.			unanimous consent			Incumbent
		W.D. Tex.			unanimous consent			Incumbent
		D. Ariz.			unanimous consent			–
		S.D. Ohio			unanimous consent			Incumbent
		N.D. Ga.			unanimous consent			Elevated
		E.D. Mich.			unanimous consent			Incumbent
		W.D. Tenn.			unanimous consent			Incumbent
		W.D. Mich.			unanimous consent			Elevated
		M.D. Fla.			unanimous consent		Incumbent	–
		S.D. Fla.			unanimous consent		Incumbent	–
		N.D. Ill.			unanimous consent			Incumbent
		N.D.N.Y.			unanimous consent			Incumbent
		N.D. Cal.			unanimous consent
		E.D. Cal.			unanimous consent			Incumbent
		D.N.J.			unanimous consent			Incumbent
		D. Del.			unanimous consent			–
		D.S.C.			unanimous consent			Elevated
		M.D. Ala.			unanimous consent
		M.D. Tenn.			unanimous consent
		W.D. Ark.	^[14]		unanimous consent			Incumbent
		E.D. Pa.			unanimous consent			Incumbent
		D.N.J.			unanimous consent
		E.D. Pa.			unanimous consent
		E.D. Va.			unanimous consent
		E.D. Mo.			unanimous consent
		S.D. Tex.			unanimous consent			Incumbent
		N.D. Tex.			unanimous consent			–
		D. Minn.			unanimous consent
		E.D. Va.			unanimous consent			Incumbent
		S.D. Tex.			unanimous consent		Incumbent	–
		D. Neb.			unanimous consent			Incumbent
		D.N.J.			unanimous consent
		W.D. Mich.			unanimous consent			Incumbent
		E.D. Pa.			unanimous consent
		C.D. Cal.			unanimous consent
		S.D. Cal.			unanimous consent
		N.D.W.Va.			unanimous consent			Incumbent
		W.D. Okla.			unanimous consent			Incumbent
		S.D.N.Y.			unanimous consent			Incumbent
		E.D. Wis.			unanimous consent
		S.D.N.Y.			unanimous consent			Elevated
		D. Conn.			unanimous consent			Incumbent
		D.N.H.			unanimous consent
		W.D. Ky.			unanimous consent
		E.D. Mo.			unanimous consent			–
		C.D. Cal.			unanimous consent			–
		N.D. Iowa			unanimous consent			Elevated
		S.D. Ill.			unanimous consent			Incumbent
		D. Mass.			unanimous consent		Incumbent	–
		D.N.M.			unanimous consent
		E.D. Pa.			unanimous consent			Incumbent
		D.N.H.			unanimous consent			Incumbent
		D.N.H.			unanimous consent			Incumbent
		D. Alaska			unanimous consent			Incumbent
		S.D. Fla.			unanimous consent
		D. Kan.			unanimous consent			Incumbent

Specialty courts (Article I)

United States Court of Federal Claims

	Judge	Nomination date	Confirmation date	Confirmation vote	Began active service	Ended active service	Ended senior status
				unanimous consent			Incumbent
				unanimous consent

United States Court of Military Appeals

	Judge	Nomination date	Confirmation date	Confirmation vote	Began active service	Ended active service	Ended senior status
				unanimous consent			Incumbent
				unanimous consent
				unanimous consent			—

United States Court of Veterans Appeals

	Judge	Nomination date	Confirmation date	Confirmation vote	Began active service	Ended active service	Ended senior status
				unanimous consent
				unanimous consent			Incumbent
				unanimous consent		2004	2012
				unanimous consent	1989	1995
				unanimous consent	1990		Incumbent
				unanimous consent			2017
				unanimous consent	1990		—

United States Tax Court

	Judge	Nomination date	Confirmation date	Confirmation vote	Began active service	Ended active service	Ended senior status
				unanimous consent			Incumbent
				unanimous consent
				unanimous consent
				unanimous consent

Territorial courts (Article IV)

	Judge	Court	Nomination date	Confirmation date	Confirmation vote	Began active service	Ended active service	Ended senior status
		D.V.I.			unanimous consent			—
		D. Guam			unanimous consent			—

Notes

Renominations

1. Web site: On the Nomination (Nomination - Souter) . US Senate . 2 July 2022.
2. Web site: On the Nomination (Nomination - Clarence Thomas) . US Senate . 2 July 2022.
3. Originally nominated by President Reagan on September 16, 1988. That nomination expired at the end of the term. Renominated on February 28, 1989 by President Bush.
4. Originally nominated by President Reagan on April 26, 1988. That nomination expired at the end of the term. Renominated on February 28, 1989 by President Bush.
5. Originally nominated by President Reagan on June 27, 1988. That nomination expired at the end of the term. Renominated on November 17, 1989 by President Bush.
6. Web site: On the Nomination (Carnes Nomination) . US Senate . 2 July 2022.
7. See List of United States district and territorial courts
8. Originally nominated on June 15, 1988 by President Reagan. That nomination expired at the end of the term. Renominated by President Bush on February 28, 1989.
9. Originally nominated on June 23, 1988 by President Reagan. That nomination expired at the end of the term. Renominated by President Bush on February 28, 1989.
10. Originally nominated on July 6, 1988 by President Reagan. That nomination expired at the end of the term. Renominated by President Bush on August 4, 1989.
11. Originally nominated on December 18, 1987 by President Reagan. That nomination expired at the end of the term. Renominated by President Bush on February 28, 1989. Renominated on September 7, 1989 by President Bush.
12. Renominated on January 8, 1991.
13. Previously nominated by President Carter on September 17, 1980 to a different seat on the same court. That nomination expired at the end of the term. Renominated on May 23, 1991 to a different seat on the same court by President Bush.
14. Previously nominated on October 24, 1991 to the Eastern District of Arkansas. That nomination was withdrawn on November 5, 1991 and he was nominated to the Western District of Arkansas on the same day.

References

General

• Web site: Judges of the United States Courts . . . 2009-04-03 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160730115701/http://www.fjc.gov/public/home.nsf/hisj . 2016-07-30 .

Specific

Sources

• Federal Judicial Center